diff --git a/config.xml b/config.xml
index 18f423f71..92e603145 100644
--- a/config.xml
+++ b/config.xml
@@ -67,11 +67,12 @@
         <resource-file src="resources/android/icon/drawable-hdpi-smallicon.png" target="app/src/main/res/mipmap-hdpi/smallicon.png" />
         <resource-file src="resources/android/icon/drawable-xhdpi-smallicon.png" target="app/src/main/res/mipmap-xhdpi/smallicon.png" />
         <resource-file src="resources/android/xml/network_security_config.xml" target="app/src/main/res/xml/network_security_config.xml" />
+        <resource-file src="resources/android/xml/backup_rules.xml" target="app/src/main/res/xml/backup_rules.xml" />
         <edit-config file="AndroidManifest.xml" mode="merge" target="/manifest/application/activity[@android:name='MainActivity']">
             <activity android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale|screenLayout|smallestScreenSize" android:exported="true" />
         </edit-config>
         <edit-config file="AndroidManifest.xml" mode="merge" target="/manifest/application">
-            <application android:largeHeap="true" android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config" />
+            <application android:allowBackup="true" android:dataExtractionRules="@xml/backup_rules" android:largeHeap="true" android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config" />
         </edit-config>
         <config-file parent="/manifest/application" target="AndroidManifest.xml">
             <meta-data android:name="firebase_analytics_collection_deactivated" android:value="true" />
diff --git a/resources/android/xml/backup_rules.xml b/resources/android/xml/backup_rules.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..468ee0a6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/android/xml/backup_rules.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<data-extraction-rules>
+ <cloud-backup disableIfNoEncryptionCapabilities="false">
+   <exclude domain="sharedpref" path="."/>
+ </cloud-backup>
+</data-extraction-rules>